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Re: Grapes Are What We Thought Blueberries Tasted Like. (pictures) by Voltron007(m): 8:41pm On Jul 16, 2025

Mariangeles:
The first time I tasted blueberries, I was like what? Is that it? 🤷🏽‍♀️
They weren't sweet enough, neither were they juicy as I expected.
In fact, grapes are exactly what I thought blueberries would taste like.

As for strawberries, that's a story for another day. 🙄
Oyibo people and hype.

Anyways, what have you eaten that did not live up to expectations in terms of taste?

Lol funny enough I’m currently eating seedless red grapes 🍇. Got it from Walmart not too long ago.

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Re: Grapes Are What We Thought Blueberries Tasted Like. (pictures) by Arostar2023: 8:43pm On Jul 16, 2025

JuanDeDios:
Blueberries are very sweet. Please check what you ate again.

Blueberries are not very sweet, same as strawberries.

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Re: Grapes Are What We Thought Blueberries Tasted Like. (pictures) by iamnotillicit(m): 8:55pm On Jul 16, 2025

Na Okpa o

Wait who dey ban me cos of Okpa

The person no get character

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Re: Grapes Are What We Thought Blueberries Tasted Like. (pictures) by Josbreed: 9:06pm On Jul 16, 2025

Coconut rice. I ate it at an expensive eatery hoping to feel the taste of coconut milk in the rice, but honestly, it wasnot different from the taste and aroma of local rice. Maybe, it isjust me. If not for the rich chicken sauce that accompanied it, I wouldn't have finished it.

Re: Grapes Are What We Thought Blueberries Tasted Like. (pictures) by femi4: 9:11pm On Jul 16, 2025

Mariangeles:
The first time I tasted blueberries, I was like what? Is that it? 🤷🏽‍♀️
They weren't sweet enough, neither were they juicy as I expected.
In fact, grapes are exactly what I thought blueberries would taste like.

As for strawberries, that's a story for another day. 🙄
Oyibo people and hype.

Anyways, what have you eaten that did not live up to expectations in terms of taste?

Cucumber..tasteless thing. Its useful elsewhere

Re: Grapes Are What We Thought Blueberries Tasted Like. (pictures) by Osariemen12: 9:11pm On Jul 16, 2025

Amala and Ewedu.

People dey try sha.

I can't try that sh*t.

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Re: Grapes Are What We Thought Blueberries Tasted Like. (pictures) by Josbreed: 9:12pm On Jul 16, 2025

Warrior99:
ABACHA: that sh*t almost killed my former Ibo neighbour

Another one is Okpa

Abacha is very nice, the problem with street abacha prepared by any Igbo woman is the lack of seasoning in it.

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Re: Grapes Are What We Thought Blueberries Tasted Like. (pictures) by Haydens: 9:21pm On Jul 16, 2025

Dawanke, that food is a big time punishment. It takes a rare and dead mind to eat that. grin

Re: Grapes Are What We Thought Blueberries Tasted Like. (pictures) by Love800(m): 9:22pm On Jul 16, 2025

Which aboki dey sell strawberries!

For delta, i neva see am.

So this fruit that i have neva seen, but always looking magnificent in books and photos, is not actually worth it!

justmondris:
Exactly! The ripe ones are very sweet, and there are different types. The sweetest ones are the very small, dark black ones. If you eat strawberries that aren’t fully ripe, they taste very strange. The darker they are, the better—and they’re much easier to enjoy. Even those I used to buy from those Aboki were very sweet.

Re: Grapes Are What We Thought Blueberries Tasted Like. (pictures) by ChronicGp(m): 9:23pm On Jul 16, 2025

Strawberry
It's a waste of money
In regards to the TASTE
MY OPINION THOUGH 😜

Re: Grapes Are What We Thought Blueberries Tasted Like. (pictures) by CorperKola: 9:24pm On Jul 16, 2025

Please somebody should post the pictures of grapes y'all talking about

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Re: Grapes Are What We Thought Blueberries Tasted Like. (pictures) by Love800(m): 9:29pm On Jul 16, 2025

Ukwa.

That food is very splendid oh.
I could have left rice for ukwa easily though, but not possible, because i grew-up eating rice from my earliest living.

edogu:
The way my family members do hype cooked breadfruit or ukwa, you will think it is tge best food ever made. I don't like it at all. If it's the fried ones with palm kernel or coconut, please leave out of it.

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Re: Grapes Are What We Thought Blueberries Tasted Like. (pictures) by thesolutions(m): 9:31pm On Jul 16, 2025

CorperKola:
Please somebody should post the pictures of grapes y'all talking about

They lost us non diasporans in a bit.
But seeing blueberry gave a hint.
Anyways. We listen.

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Re: Grapes Are What We Thought Blueberries Tasted Like. (pictures) by Love800(m): 9:36pm On Jul 16, 2025

Bush mangoes.

I saw my seniors and elders happily squeezing dis fruit in their mouths. I thought it was amazing, till i got a hold of it. I spat it out immediately from my mouth, and returned back to my usual mango!

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Re: Grapes Are What We Thought Blueberries Tasted Like. (pictures) by grandstar(m): 9:39pm On Jul 16, 2025

Blueberries are lovely.

It's strawberries I'm no fan of. I think most commercial strawberries are harvested way before they've ripened, so it has it has lost a lot of its natural sweetness.

Grapes are the bomb. Oyinbo no dey toy with am.

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Re: Grapes Are What We Thought Blueberries Tasted Like. (pictures) by Mariangeles(op): 9:48pm On Jul 16, 2025

CorperKola:
Please somebody should post the pictures of grapes y'all talking about

thesolutions:
They lost us non diasporans in a bit.
But seeing blueberry gave a hint.
Anyways. We listen.

Here it is.

It's the usual grapes that mallams sell.

Re: Grapes Are What We Thought Blueberries Tasted Like. (pictures) by itzzkhaliii(m): 9:50pm On Jul 16, 2025

papyjaypaul:
I know what you mean but fruits are a gift from God, which means you will taste sweet and not so sweet. Therefore, strawberries can be sweet if the harvest is.

True,I kind of like them still the one we harvest were direct from the farm and they are very fresh and good.

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Re: Grapes Are What We Thought Blueberries Tasted Like. (pictures) by Mariangeles(op): 9:51pm On Jul 16, 2025

femi4:
Cucumber..tasteless thing. Its useful elsewhere

To be fair, nobody expects cucumber to be tasty.
I mean, with how green it looks... cheesy

Re: Grapes Are What We Thought Blueberries Tasted Like. (pictures) by Bahamas95(m): 9:54pm On Jul 16, 2025

1. Amala and ewedu (I ate it once and swore never to eat it again.)

2. Walnut

3. Dates (Abeg nobody should tell me of it's health benefits most especially in za oza room. That thing is annoyingly too sweet for me.)

4. Phoniya Ibadere (Only Deltans will know this one, I hate the smell)

Re: Grapes Are What We Thought Blueberries Tasted Like. (pictures) by RagnarLothbrok: 10:10pm On Jul 16, 2025

Truth is, the kind of strawberries we buy in Nigeria are the low-grade ones. Sour and unripe. As for blueberry, the plump, large ones are not in naija

Re: Grapes Are What We Thought Blueberries Tasted Like. (pictures) by SMREXY(m): 10:22pm On Jul 16, 2025

Well, until you eat a sweet strawberry you wouldn't know. While most taste sour, there is a season for the sweet ones. Sweet strawberries are like unending happiness lol

itzzkhaliii:
Strawberries AHH those things get good scents though,but not much sweet.Grapes are the sweetest.

Re: Grapes Are What We Thought Blueberries Tasted Like. (pictures) by Tolu181: 10:37pm On Jul 16, 2025

MrPaul2:
come off it, I was so disappointed with the taste too. I was expecting something exceptional infact I had the feeling of being cheated.

you bought it off supermarket
they put alot of chemicals on it

the farm grown are sweet

Re: Grapes Are What We Thought Blueberries Tasted Like. (pictures) by wiseoneking: 10:38pm On Jul 16, 2025

Warrior99:
ABACHA: that sh*t almost killed my former Ibo neighbour

Another one is Okpa

The best of the bests you just mentioned. You must have eaten one prepared by your ancestors or relatives. Next time eat one prepared by indigenes. Lol

Re: Grapes Are What We Thought Blueberries Tasted Like. (pictures) by justmondris: 10:42pm On Jul 16, 2025

Love800:
Which aboki dey sell strawberries!

For delta, i neva see am.

So this fruit that i have neva seen, but always looking magnificent in books and photos, is not actually worth it!

Both Strawberries and Blackberries are planted in Kaduna, Jos and Abuja. You can check this out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLtX-emZVwk

Re: Grapes Are What We Thought Blueberries Tasted Like. (pictures) by uuzba(m): 11:41pm On Jul 16, 2025

geoworldedu:
Gala and its likes. I don't like it for anything. I prefer puff puff anytime or twice on Sunday.

2 things to do.
If you have a microwave oven, heat up the gala for about 30seconds.
If you don't have a microwave, use a frying pan.
Pour little water in the pan, like 3 tablespoons,
heat up the pan, the water boils with steam
Put the gala on it,
cover with a plate or pot cover for about 1 minute.
=
The heated up gala tastes 100 x better than cold gala.
You only like puff-puff because it is still relatively warm.

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Re: Grapes Are What We Thought Blueberries Tasted Like. (pictures) by Breaker001: 12:00am On Jul 17, 2025

Okpa
I bought Okpa in Enugu when I visited the state. That's the first and the last time I will ever taste that thing. It's just pure hype. grin

Re: Grapes Are What We Thought Blueberries Tasted Like. (pictures) by Feldie: 12:44am On Jul 17, 2025

Mariangeles:
The first time I tasted blueberries, I was like what? Is that it? 🤷🏽‍♀️
They weren't sweet enough, neither were they juicy as I expected.
In fact, grapes are exactly what I thought blueberries would taste like.

As for strawberries, that's a story for another day. 🙄
Oyibo people and hype.

Anyways, what have you eaten that did not live up to expectations in terms of taste?

blueberries are super expensive. Small cup 5k I just left it and picked the big bowl of grapes for the same price instead

Re: Grapes Are What We Thought Blueberries Tasted Like. (pictures) by Manmusteat: 1:50am On Jul 17, 2025

For me it is how oyibo people hyped dipping strawberry in half frozen yoghurt. I used to imagine that the taste will be too heavenly. I tried it and was totally disappointed.

Secondly is how they hype the so-called candy apples. Puting an actual apple on a stick, either boiling it or dipping it in hot honey or something sweet like a sugar plus food coloring mixture and allowing it to air dry. It looked perfect on TV and you would think it will taste heavenly sweet, I tried it too but was totally disappointed. The apple became mushy and tangy, the whole thing tasted more like a blant tangy chewy something that I can't even describe.

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